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Which is the biggest, longest, deepest or highest? See if you know your stuff.

A multiple-choice quiz by youngmade. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
youngmade

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
380,371

Updated
Jan 09 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
897

Last 3 plays: Guest 92 (8/10), Guest 213 (7/10), Guest 174 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which mountain is the highest? Hint

Mt Kosciuszko

Mt Everest

Vinson Massif

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which river is the longest? Hint

Amazon River, South America

Yangtze River, Asia

Mississippi River, North America

River Nile, Africa

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Question 3 of 10

3. The deepest lake in the world is which of these? Hint

Lake Superior, USA/Canada

Lake Baikal, Russia

Lake Te Anau, New Zealand

Lake Victoria, Uganda

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which river is the largest in discharge volume? Hint

Ganges

Nile

Amazon

Indus

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Question 5 of 10

5. The deepest point of which ocean is Challenger Deep? Hint

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Great Southern Ocean

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these nation's cities is the most southerly national capital in the world? Hint

Auckland, New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand

Pretoria , Republic of South Africa

Canberra, Australia

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these places is the driest non-polar place on Earth? Hint

Atacama Desert, Chile

Gobi Desert, Asia

Sahara Desert, Africa

Death Valley, USA

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which independent country has the northernmost capital city? Hint

Iceland

Canada

Finland

Sweden

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Question 9 of 10

9. In which South American country are the Angel Falls, the highest water falls in the world? Hint

Chile

Ecuador

Uraguay

Venezuela

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which capital city is the highest above sea level? Hint

La Paz, Bolivia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Quito, Ecuador

Bogota, Columbia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which mountain is the highest?

Answer: Mt Everest

Mt Everest is in the Himalayan mountain range and was first conquered in 1953. The first to reach the top was Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. It is 8,848 metres high.

2. Which river is the longest?

Answer: River Nile, Africa

The Nile is 6,853km long originating in Lake Victoria in Uganda and emptying out into the Mediterranean Sea in a delta near the city of Alexandria in Egypt.

3. The deepest lake in the world is which of these?

Answer: Lake Baikal, Russia

Lake Baikal is 1'642 metres deep and is also the largest lake by freshwater volume in the world. Lake Te Anau is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand's South Island but not the deepest.

4. Which river is the largest in discharge volume?

Answer: Amazon

The Amazon is the second longest in length spanning almost the whole continent of South America. It has a discharge of around 209,000 cubic metres per second. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Brazil and is between 1.6 - 10km wide which can be up to 40km wide in the wet season.

5. The deepest point of which ocean is Challenger Deep?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest on earth and in the Mariana Trench east of the Philippines, Challenger Deep is the deepest known place on earth being more than 10,000m below sea level.

6. Which of these nation's cities is the most southerly national capital in the world?

Answer: Wellington, New Zealand

Many people think Auckland is the capital of New Zealand because it has around a quarter of the country's population but it is actually Wellington. Throughout New Zealand's short history of European occupation, the capital has been in several locations one of which was Auckland.

7. Which of these places is the driest non-polar place on Earth?

Answer: Atacama Desert, Chile

The Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar region on earth and receives and average of 15mm of rainfall a year.

8. Which independent country has the northernmost capital city?

Answer: Iceland

Reykjavik in Iceland is the world's northernmost capital city of an independent state. Nuuk in Greenland is further north but Greenland is part of Danish territory and not an independent state.

9. In which South American country are the Angel Falls, the highest water falls in the world?

Answer: Venezuela

The Angel Falls are 3230 feet high with a 2647 foot uninterrupted drop. They are in the Orinoco river dropping off the edge of the Auyantepui mountain in the Canaima National Park.

10. Which capital city is the highest above sea level?

Answer: La Paz, Bolivia

La Paz is more than 4,000m above sea level making it higher than the second highest, Quito, Ecuador's capital city by roughly 800m. There is more than one capital city in Bolivia. Sucre is the constitutional capital also at quite a high elevation.

Source: Author youngmade

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